demolir
Portuguese, verb/de.moˈli(ʁ)/
demolir is spelled D-E-M-O-L-I-R (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demolir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to demolish, knock down, destroy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “destruir, arruinar”.
What does demolir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demolish, knock down, destroy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. destruir, arruinar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of demolir
- demole present singular third-person
- demoli first-person preterite singular
- demolido participle past
- demolires infinitive second-person singular
- demolirmos first-person infinitive plural
- demolirdes infinitive plural second-person
- demolirem infinitive plural third-person
- demolindo gerund
- demolidos masculine participle past
- demolida feminine participle past
- demolidas feminine participle past
- demoles indicative present second-person
- demolimos first-person indicative plural
- demolis indicative plural present
- demolem indicative plural present
- demolia first-person imperfect indicative
- demolias imperfect indicative second-person
- demolíamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demolir?
- Brazil /de.moˈli(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.moˈli(h)]
- /de.moˈli(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to demolir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is demolir in Portuguese?
demolir appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).